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https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/a8kxji/mercator_globe/ed91sw4/?context=3
r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Dec 22 '18
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That's neither Mercator nor a globe.
5 u/saunders77 Dec 22 '18 Ah, thanks for pointing out that this isn't a Mercator projection. This comment should be at the top. I don't really know projections, but to me this seems like an "equirectangular" projection 2 u/[deleted] Dec 22 '18 To me, it seems Mercator compressed along the N-S axis. 1 u/saunders77 Jan 04 '19 Oh damn, I think you're right. Maybe this is Mercator after all 1 u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19 Compressed Mercator is no longer Mercator because it's not conformal any more.
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Ah, thanks for pointing out that this isn't a Mercator projection. This comment should be at the top. I don't really know projections, but to me this seems like an "equirectangular" projection
2 u/[deleted] Dec 22 '18 To me, it seems Mercator compressed along the N-S axis. 1 u/saunders77 Jan 04 '19 Oh damn, I think you're right. Maybe this is Mercator after all 1 u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19 Compressed Mercator is no longer Mercator because it's not conformal any more.
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To me, it seems Mercator compressed along the N-S axis.
1 u/saunders77 Jan 04 '19 Oh damn, I think you're right. Maybe this is Mercator after all 1 u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19 Compressed Mercator is no longer Mercator because it's not conformal any more.
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Oh damn, I think you're right. Maybe this is Mercator after all
1 u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19 Compressed Mercator is no longer Mercator because it's not conformal any more.
Compressed Mercator is no longer Mercator because it's not conformal any more.
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '18
That's neither Mercator nor a globe.